Responsibilities

Provides Mental Health Screener functions and performs psychosocial assessments including collections of historical data, mental status assessments, and suicide risk assessments.

• Consults and collaborates with medical center staff to coordinate interdepartmental patient services. Develops comprehensive and realistic treatment plans based on patient's needs.
• Provides short term follow-up to ensure linkage and stabilization. Provides advocacy and support to patients to secure treatment and services.
• Engages families, treatment providers, and other parties active in the well-being of the patient whenever possible. Provides technical support, assistance, and education to patients, families, and other patient service providers.
• Assumes the duties of charge person when required.
• Assumes the duties of mobile outreach on-call when required.
• Documents all telephone triage information; clinical assistment data; changes in mental status; and all communications related to patient referrals, transfers, and admissions in the patient record.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a related field and one year mental health experience in an inpatient setting, screening center or emergency serivce.
• BLS

• Frequent physical demands include: Standing , Walking , Reaching forward , Keyboard use/repetitive motion Occasional physical demands include: Sitting , Climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders) , Carry objects , Push/Pull , Twisting , Bending , Reaching overhead , Squat/kneel/crawl , Wrist position deviation , Pinching/fine motor activities Continuous physical demands include: Taste or Smell , Talk or Hear Lifting Floor to Waist 40 lbs. Lifting Waist Level and Above 40 lbs.

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Offers are contingent upon successful completion of our onboarding process and pre-employment physical. Capital Health will require all applicants (including contractors, travelers and consultants) to have an annual flu vaccine, with the exception of individuals with medical and religious exemptions.

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